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Kestrels from my studio window.Life studies (1 Viewer)

mayoayo

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Hi to everybody..Long time since i last posted any art in this section...my old threads are long dead,and i dont see many of the artists that used to visit the section posting much either these days,but i am gonna make a humble contribution with some of the studies that i have been doing lately.Most of my field studies in these ornithologically quiet days of the summer are done inside my studio,..yes..indoors field work..How?..well, through the window.!..i live about 75 meters away from the towns church tower,where live and nest a couple of pairs of Common Kestrels..with 6 chicks now starting to fly the adults are very busy hunting and they dont stay perched for long,as a matter of fact i havent seen anything but the fledging chicks for a few days,but in the previous weeks i was able to watch the adults resting and watching the nest in a number of ocassions,and i did a number of studies using my telescope..these are watercolor studies and in spite of the repetitive subject and postures,or perhaps thanks to this fact,i have been able to learn something with each attempt..anyway ,I am having fun,and consider myself very lucky to have been able to study wild birds from home.I will be moving to a different town in the next weeks,so this will be my farewell to the kestrels..
un saludo a todos...
 

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for some reason i cant seem to be able to attach more than one image in a post..so bear with me, ...
 

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ok...first one was a study of the female,..second a recent sketch of the juvenile ,and these two last ones are of one of the males..these are all about A3...
 

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Thx.....now lets see if i can resize some the pictures..one at a time...
 

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i think this one is from last fall..or actually two seasons ago..same bird but she looked younger
 

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I used pen or ball pen in some..ball pen i like to combine with watercolor because the ink is totally waterproof and easier to control...sometimes i start with bp and use watercolor to develop,and sometimes i use bp to rescue failed watercolor attempts...in anycase ,it is fascinating how the same birds can reveal themselves in so many different lights and presences
 

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thanks for stopping by...a couple more ..some of these notes are quite minimalistic,if the birds keep posing i will get some of them a bit more developed....
 

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That's all folks,,,!...thanks for looking ,welcome to stop by at anytime..
 

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thanks for stopping by...a couple more ..some of these notes are quite minimalistic,if the birds keep posing i will get some of them a bit more developed....

this one really catches my eye- great stuff!
 

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